Our best ingredients are not necessarily to be found on the land so a light broth of fish stock and white wine with scallops and prawns is a perfect starter.

When Mike Yardley reviewed EJ Churchill’s Hercules side-by-side he referred to it as “Anglo-Spanish best”. He’s even more enthusiastic about the stack-barrel version made in association with a French firm…

Many HPRs excel at hunting and pointing but fall short at retrieving. German longhaired pointers are superb at all three. David Tomlinson thinks these pointers are magical.